Improvement in shelves for griddles



VSALLY I. STEVENS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHELVES FR GRIDDLES, &.c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lli), dated March 17, 1874; application filed April 22, 187.2.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Mrs. SALLY It. STEVENS, of the city of Cleveland, in the county of Onyahoga and State ot' Ohio, have invented an Improved Oooh-Stove Companion, for holding the stove lids or covers, the griddles, furniture, and other utensils, ot' which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to a case ot' shelves or trays to accompany a cook-stove, for the purpose otl holding the stove-lids, griddles, furniture, and other utensils, when not in use on or about the stove 5 and the following is a description ofthe sa1ne,referring to the drawing and the letters marked thereon, in which-- Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved cook-stove cover, griddle, and utensil holder, as seen standing on a cabinet for lettles and boiler when they are not in use. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section through the saine. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section from front to back of the same.

A A are two plates, forming the sides of the case, and are secured to the back B by rivets or other suitable means. The back B extends above the sides A A, and is provided with holes n a, by which the case or companion may be hung on a wall. Supporting-rods b b eX- tend across, near the front edges of the side plates A A and the upper and lower trays or shelves D D, to hold them in position. On the insides of the plates AA are horizontal projecting ribs E E, on which the shelves or trays D D are supported, and are held in their places by projecting nihs e e. There are also projections d d on the plates A A, for inserting rods f j' for holding the series of shelves D D in their places. rlhe front edges of the side plates A A incline backward from the bottoni to the top, and the shelves or trays D D project a little forward of them, so that each successive shelf from the top downward projects out far= ther than the one above it, for the purpose of easily inserting a lid handle or litter into any ot the utensils placed on any ot' the shelves, and also for catching any soot that might be scraped ott' from the lid or griddle by the front edge ot' the shelf or tray while being placed therein. A trough, L', may be attached to the bottom shelt or tray, (or it may be secured to the side plates A A,) i'or the purpose ot' catoliing any soot that may be scraped oft' in placing the utensils on the bottom tray, so that the floor or anything on or near the cook-stove need not be blackened, sinutted up, or soiled by soot or ashes sticking to the covers when they are removed from the holes on the stove, or upon any of the cooking-utensils.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is j The series of projecting shelves D D, back B, and trough 7s, combined with the supports A A, projections d d, rod j", and ribs E E, as specified.

sALLr STEVENS.

vTitnesses:

G. H. SAFFOED, O. H. BENTLEY. 

